You don’t need to have young children to be keenly aware that we’ve reached that “back-to-school” time of year. Whether you’re shopping for school supplies or not, you may want to take a cue from this season to think about getting a little more education yourself — specifically, investment education.

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Question: Money is a pretty touchy topic between my wife and me. It just seems we argue more than anything. Can you address some ways we can overcome that?

Answer: Last week we identified four possible outcomes to marital conflicts over money — or most any other topic: lose/lose, lose/win, win/lose and win/win. Read Sunday’s column for a fuller treatment of the first three. Today, I want to focus on how to move toward win/win, the most desirable of these four potential outcomes.

Each year, the North Central Louisiana Arts Council brings its annual Holiday Arts Tour to Lincoln Parish. Artists fill our local shops with quality artwork and crafts, shoppers flood the streets, and excitement for the holiday season fills the air. In addition to the shops in downtown Ruston, area artists’ studios are open to allow for live demonstrations and dialogue with the artists about their work.

Gov. Bobby Jindal announced his initial declaration into leadership as governor of Louisiana in March of 2008 with one thing in mind: education. It appears the governor feels that looking back over his previous term he has failed to meet his “benchmarks.” He emphasized how he felt he had failed in this area, and this time he was putting his foot first with “books in hand.”

It seems that Jindal has made a lot of accomplishments as governor. In 2008 he was the state’s first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction. He was the first Indian-American governor in our nation. With history in the making again for his second term, he won re-election with the highest margin since 1975. It is again time for him to take office and make his stand.